Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.05.11
03/06/2011
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 21, 2011
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 130,398 3,510 392,395 10,734 2,864 - 50
Tuesday 129,368 3,064 411,681 8,679 1,941 - 237
Wednesday 125,992 2,412 412,775 7,357 1,591 - 155
Thursday 130,504 2,377 407,411 7,876 1,848 - 190
Friday 131,553 3,199 382,117 4,518 1,890 - 176
Saturday 13,854 - 25,083 116 28 - -
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Total 661,669 14,562 2,031,462 39,280 10,162 - 808
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%Steers 50.9 %Barrows & gilts 96.8 %Lambs & yearlings 89.5
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.9 %Mature sheep 10.5
%Cows 18.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not
require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally
Inspected, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 21, 2011
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 500.3 Cattle 1,252 759
Steers 819
Heifers 748
Cows 599
Bulls 881
Calves and veal 2.4 Calves 285 170
Pork 419.4 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 203
Sows 310
Boars 213
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 151 76
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 77
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Total meat
production 925.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 21, 2011
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 661,669
Steers 336,562 50.9
Heifers 188,337 28.5
Dairy cows 51,695 7.8
Other cows 73,507 11.1
Bulls 11,568 1.7
Calves Total 14,562
Hogs Total 2,031,462
Barrows and gilts 1,966,332 96.8
Sows 59,194 2.9
Boars 5,936 0.3
Sheep Total 39,280
Mature sheep 4,117 10.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,163 89.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 21, 2011
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 64,350 40,880 80.7 8,336 14,773 17.7
Tuesday 68,293 34,685 79.6 10,351 13,851 18.7
Wednesday 62,055 37,400 78.9 11,198 13,197 19.4
Thursday 67,221 37,413 80.2 10,034 13,686 18.2
Friday 69,611 35,608 80.0 10,398 13,589 18.2
Saturday 5,032 2,351 53.3 1,378 4,411 41.8
Total 336,562 188,337 79.3 51,695 73,507 18.9
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Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO
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